West Hartford Town Clerk Essie Labrot has announced that absentee ballots are now available for the Nov. 5, 2019 municipal election at Town Hall and on the town’s website.

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If you will be out of town or not able to make it to the polls on Election Day due to illness, disability, military service, election duties, or religious reasons, you are eligible to vote by absentee ballot.

Applications may be picked up in the clerk’s office or downloaded off of the Town Clerk’s website, https://www.westhartfordct.gov/gov/departments/townclerk/default.asp

Once applications are received, ballots are mailed out within the next day. You may also come in person to do the application and receive your ballot. Please note, that each person who applies for an application must sign it with an original signature. Parents cannot sign for their child, or spouses for each other. Ballots MUST BE returned by Tuesday, Nov. 5, in order to be counted.

The Town Clerk’s office is open Monday and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Tuesdays from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Fridays from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

For further information on registering to vote, or to check your polling location, please call the Registrar of Voter’s office at 860-561-7451, and for absentee ballot information, contact the Town Clerk’s office at 860-561-7430.

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